Diet Technician (0.6 FTE) - Food Services

Hennepin Healthcare; Minneapolis (MN); On-site; USD 24,000 - 36,000; Part time

Job summary

Hennepin Healthcare in Minneapolis, MN is seeking a part-time Dietetic student to support the Nutrition and Food Services team. Under supervision, you will help manage patient meal orders, assist with diet orders, and participate in tray line operations to ensure accurate service to patients.

You will work Monday through Friday with every other weekend, handling patient interactions, data entry, and adherence to safety standards as part of a team focused on nutritional care and patient

Qualifications

• Student currently enrolled in a dietetic program or an equivalent education/experience mix.
• Preferred: completed dietetic/nutrition program.
• Hospital food service experience of 3 months to 1 year preferred.

Responsibilities

• Monitors and maintains patient orders and admissions using EMR and diet office software.
• May complete nutrition screening and identify patients at nutritional risk.
• Performs calorie counts and communicates results as appropriate.
• Direct tray service and ensures tray accuracy per diet orders.
• Delivers enteral formulas as needed and assists with menu planning.
• Records diet orders and patient transfers in the diet office system.
• Ensures proper food handling and patient satisfaction surveys.

Education

Student in a current dietetic program

An approved equivalent combination of education and experience

Job description

Job Details

Department: Food ServicesFTE: 0.6 (48 hours per pay period)Workdays: Monday - Friday, Every Other WeekendShift(s): Days/EveningsShift Length: 8 hoursLocation: In-Person

Purpose of this position

Under general supervision, assumes responsibility for the nutritional wellbeing of patients receiving sustenance provided by the Food and Nutrition Services Department or to coordinate daily operation of tray line service.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Monitors and maintains patient orders, admissions, discharges, and transfers using the electronic medical record in combination with the diet office software system
• May complete nutrition screening; determines the level of nutritional risk for patients, able to determine the needs of the age groups served and plan care based on the needs identified, and notifies the dietitian of patients deemed at nutritional risk who require attention
• May complete calorie count calculations and communicate results as appropriate
• Menu correction based on special diet needs
• Direct tray service; checks each tray for accuracy and adherence to diet order
• May prepare and deliver enteral formulas as appropriate
• Answers call center phone calls and problem solving
• May provide nutrition education as required; documents in the electronic medical record, demonstrates knowledge of the age appropriate range of services, treatment, or therapies
• Can make a determination of standard and substandard products
• Assures proper food handling and presentation
• Visits all ages of patients daily in assigned area for menu selection and to conduct patient satisfaction surveys
• Enters accurate diet orders, admissions, discharges, and transfer of patients into diet office software system and communicates change to tray serving area. Uses computer terminal to communicate with nursing units
• Conducts test trays for quality and accuracy of trays as served to patients
• Prepares menus for serving area in accordance with current diet orders
• Attends all required Safety Training programs and can describe his/her responsibilities related to general safety, department/service safety, specific job-related hazards
• Follows the Hospital Exposure Control Plans/Blood borne and Airborne Pathogens
• Demonstrates respect and regard for the dignity of all patients, families, visitors, and fellow employees to ensure a professional, responsible, and courteous environment
• Promotes effective working relations and works effectively as part of a department/unit team inter and intra departmentally to facilitate the department's/unit's ability to meet its goals and objectives

QUALIFICATIONS

• Minimum Qualifications:
  • Student in a current dietetic program
  • OR
  • An approved equivalent combination of education and experience
• Preferred Qualifications:
  • Completed dietetic/nutrition program
  • Over three months to one year experience in hospital food service preferred